Philonicus albiceps
| Philonicus albiceps | |
|---|---|
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| Philonicus albiceps Anglesey, North Wales | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Asilidae |
| Genus: | Philonicus |
| Species: | P. albiceps |
| Binomial name | |
| Philonicus albiceps (Meigen, 1820) | |
Philonicus albiceps is a species of 'robber fly' belonging to the family Asilidae. It is a Palearctic species with a limited distribution in Europe
Description
Philonicus albiceps is light yellowish grey, silvery and often with darker markings. The legs are black. It has a scutellum with two pale marginal bristles and an ovipositor with a circlet of short spines".The body length is up to 18mm.sil
Biology
The habitat is coastal sand dunes, sitting on bare sand among marram (more rarely at sandy places inland). Prey species include other dipteran species, including smaller asilids, Hymenoptera and Odonata.
References
- ↑ Fauna Europaea
- ↑ Oldroyd, Harold (1969). Diptera Brachycera. (a), Tabanoidea and Asiloidea. London: Royal Entomological Society of London. ISBN 090154602X.
- ↑ Verrall, George Henry (1909). Statiomyidae and succeeding families of the Diptera Brachycera of Great Britain / by G. H. Verrall; drawings of J. E. Collin. London: Gurney & Jackson.
- ↑ Stubbs, Alan E.; Drake, Martin (2001). British Soldierflies and their allies: A Field Guide to the Larger British Brachycera (Print). London: British Entomological and Natural History Society. pp. 528 pages. ISBN 1-899935-04-5.
- ↑ Majer,D.M. European Asilidae, in Papp L. & Darvas B. (eds.), Contributions to a manual of Palaearctic Diptera, volume 2 Nematocera and Lower Brachycera. Science Herald, Budapest (Hongrie), 1997, pp.549-567
- ↑ van den Broek, R., Schulten, A., Wouwen N.(traducteur), Field Guide to the Robberflies of the Netherlands and Belgium, Éditions Jeugdbondsuitgeverij, 2017, 136 pages, (ISBN 9789051070545)
- ↑ Danny Wolff, Markus Gebel and Fritz Geller-Grimm: The Robber Flies of Germany: Discovering - Observing - Identifying . Quelle & Meyer, Wiebelsheim 2018, ISBN 978-3-494-01733-4
- ↑ Seguy, E, 1927 Faune de France Faune n° 17 Diptères Asilidae. 188 p., 389 fig Lechevalier editions (Paris: Éditions Faune de France)
- ↑ Hobby, B.M., 1930 The British species of Asilidae (Diptera) and their prey. Trans. Entomol. Soc. of South England. No. 6. pp. 1-42.
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